Review: Sengoku Basara: The Last Party

Sengoku Basara is one of the most insanely magnificent series’ to be made, it has everything from insane fighting to incredible character interaction. The first two series are just a non stop roller coaster of action and magnificence and it is truly worth the time that one would spend to watch and to have a movie continue the events of the second series and still contain as much action as a series is nothing short of outstanding.

Okay so the movie starts with a little back story for people who have either watched the series before and forgot what has happened or for people who are just watching it for the first time, either way it sums up the first two series perfectly into what transpires. The last party takes place after the demise of the Toyotomi Hideyoshi army and before the events of the third series and it follows the path of Ishida Mitsunari who was a loyal follower to Toyotomi Hideyoshi and seeks revenge on Date Masamune ‘the one eyed dragon’ for the fall of the army and will resort to any means necessary to achieve his revenge.

Ishida Mitsunari

The art work as per usual with the series’ is amazing with great character designs and beautifully designed fight scenes between characters which show off over the top and crazy fights. The backgrounds are designed very well which make this an even more enjoyable series to watch and keep a person interested each and every episode.

Uniquely designed characters

The sound effects are something special in this anime with music that gathers hype every lead up to a massive battle, great rivalry music, a great opening song performed by TM revolution who sang the opening for Sengoku Basara 2 and another great song at the finale which fits perfectly with the end of the movie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qFhNwqxpVs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F09OtX8mY90

The characters are what make the Sengoku Basara series what it is with excellent character development especially for such characters like Sanada Yukimura, who starts off as a very young general and later rises through the ranks, and as with the previous series’ we see already developed characters develop even further in this movie and that just add’s to the craziness that is ‘The Last Party’. We get a large cast of characters in this movie, the majority that have been seen already but we also get some new characters who add to the plot of the movie and some who add in what is happening but quickly get phased out as soon as their importance has been fulfilled. Personally I can’t speak for what the games are like since I have not had a chance to play them yet but I have discovered out of various other animes I have watched the Sengoku Basara series is one that should pride itself on its character interaction and development.

Pretty much sums up Sanada and his attitude

Overall this anime is pure amazing, it has everything that is good in an anime movie such character interaction, great music, rivalry, a nice art style and plenty of action so I would recommend it to absolutely anybody regardless if you’re a fan of the games but some context from the previous series’ helps otherwise you may find yourself a little dazed and confused, in the words of Date Masamune ” ARE YOU READY GUYS?”.

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